Lyman Beecher Brooks

Famous quotes containing the words lyman, beecher and/or brooks:

    “Isn’t it strange some people make
    You feel so tired inside,
    Your thoughts begin to shrivel up
    Like leaves all brown and dried!”
    —Rachel Lyman Field (1894–1942)

    “Human nature is above all things—lazy.”
    —Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811–1896)

    “When the Negroes came they were perplexed.
    These Negroes looked like men.”
    —Gwendolyn Brooks (b. 1917)